The result means Pendrel is now second in the overall standings, 60 points behind France’s Julie Bresset.

“I certainly wasn’t riding at best on the technical parts,” said Pendrel. “This is probably my worst riding of the year. It was a very hard course, a real mountain bike course, and you had to be on top of things for the whole race.

“I’m ... looking forward to a bit of a break at home before we start preparing for London.”

Pendrel and Bresset took the lead halfway through the 25.5-kilometre race. Pendrel then attacked, but both riders crashed on one of the muddy, technical descents.

That allowed Dahle Flesjaa and Katerina Nash of the Czech Republic to take the lead.

Dahle Flesjaa took the lead for the victory on the final descent when Nash also crashed. Bresset took third, 17 seconds in front of Pendrel.

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